I don't even know how I can protect myself from fraud. they are very difficult to distinguish from reality. I think that you should always re-check any information in several sources
if the coin eventually goes to the stock exchange, and the airdrop gradually accelerates the growth of the coin-then in this case Yes. and in other cases-no.
unfortunately, there are no sanctions for such scams. as soon as the sanctions are imposed, I think there will be much less scams in the field of cryptocurrency
you came in at the peak when the scammers are actively using the cryptocurrency and the technology for their own dark plans. CEK USA struggles with scammers, I think this struggle will be fruitful.